The Sun. — London, England, 1838-06-19 00:00:00

LITERATURE. ITALY, A POEM. London, Saunders and Otley. In his preface to this poem, Mr. Reado, with infinite dis interestedness, goes out of his way to pass a sentence of co ndemnation on his " Cain, the Wanderer"—a drama, 'which made its appearance about seven or eight years .since, and met with a very fair share of popularity. It was certainly, as its author here assures us, a rough and unpo lished production ; but in the loftier and more essential qualities of poetry—in vigor of conception, affluence of imagery, quick and deep feelings, and, above all, freshness and fertility of thought—it was far superior to the present work, which has lost in spirit what it has gained in smooth, elaborate polish. In " the WaMlerer" we recog nized a poet more solicitous about his matter than his Manner ; in " Italy" the case is just the reverse ; here a ttention is paid almost exclusively to style ; while thought, and feeling, and fancy, are left, in a great !legree, to shift for themselves. In this last poem there a uniform caution e x er c i se d as regar d s expres sion; a wholesale surrendering manifested to the con 'tentional notions of rhythmical melody, which we regret to se e ; first, because such exceeding care argues a want of that becoming self-confidence, without which no really great intellectual triumph was ever yet achieved ; and, h eeondly, because it tends to diffuse a fatal air of languor, t ameness, and monotony, over the poem. We suppose Mr. Meade took fright at, and was spell-bound by, the word ' Italy and imagined that in treating on so classical a th eme, it was his duty to keep a constant check on the free and easy play of his fancy, to distrust its first salient Prompting's, and approximate as closely as possible, to the Polished, still-life of sculpture. If this was his prevailing notio n while composing " Italy," we can only say that it was a most erroneous one ; for healthful, natural impulses - especially in professed works of imagination —ar e ill exchanged for the cold refinements and subtleties of art. Gertrude of Wyoming" is by no means so fine a poem as th e " Pleasures of Hope"—yet it is finished with much more care, and was no doubt produced with twice as much labour. For the reasons we have alleged above, we prefer Cain the Wanderer"—notwithstanding its author's deli berate condemnation of it—to the present production ; but While we say this, we are far from implying that the latter Is a failure ; on the contrary, it is full of grace throughout ; h as quite an ivory polish of diction ; is scrupulously cor rect, though rather too exuberant, in metaphor ;—in short, i s . deficient only in freshness and energy of feeling. It sa tisfies the understanding, but it sloes not touch the heart. O ccasionally there is an attempt made to open an impas tioned vein of sentiment, but it is made with timidity, and c onsequently produces no effect. We have yet another O bjection to urge against " Italy." It dwells rather too ambi tiously on the same subjects which Lord Byron has already handled in so masterly a manner in his Childe Harold. Thus we have set descriptions of Clitumnus; of the grotto Lgeria ; of the Dying Gladiator ; and, what is still m ore equivocal in judgment, an apostrophe to the sea, Which closes " Italy," just as it closed the fourth canto of t he Childe. By dwelling so pertinaciously on these themes, !‘ir. Reade has provoked comparisons between himself and Lord Byron, which cannot fail to redound to his disadvan tage —more particularly in his address to the Ocean, in Which he has just missed the inspiration which his noble P r edecessor was so full of, and which is perhaps the sub brnest—certainly the most heart-felt—passage in his works, But it is time that we turn from the shady, to the sunny, t ide of the question. " Italy," we have said, abounds in Passages of uncommon grace and sweetness of versification. Her e is a proof of the truth of our assertion. The poet, 17 0 should premise, is gaziNg on Florence from the summits of the Appennines " Hark, on the air the goatherd's simple bell : Oh ! how that Voice of Silence bath a charm, Awakening with its more than magic spell, All those affectionate memories that warm The heart, which chilled by distance, peril, storm, Bounds to the past, and welcomes hope and home! How those fond wards can ill itself disarm, Where'cr the way-worn wanderer may rolm, Or scorched on desert sands, or rocked on Ocean's foam. Athens of Italy! I gaze on thee From Miniato's cypress-covered steep; Florence! beneath me spread, how drowsily Thou licst mid thy rich olive groves in sleep ; Round thy grey towers the veil-like vapors sweep, Making thy beauty indistinct, more fair — Hark, sounds of life their equal measure keep ; The deep toned bell throws music on the air ; The pulse of one vast lift throbs audibly upwards there." The lines marked in Italics, especially the image of Flo 'ence-lying s till an d en t rance d among h er o li ve - groves , ore ha ppily, characteristic of the scene, and full of true poetry. 41 le description of the " Dancing Fawn' is not less in C haracter ; the versification, in particular, is as buoyant and m ercurial as its subject ; indeed it is the most animated Passage in the poem : " The dancing Fawn—he cannot 'bide his joy, The pubes of delight within bins bounding! His foot pressed lightly on that music-toy, Now soft, now full, the answering cymbal rounding ; how is his rapture at each note redounding! His arms are tossed In motion, like the tree, When the wind thro' its joyous boughs is sounding! Nis face, his eyes brimful, o'erflow with glee, His is the very life of rapture's extacy !" The epithet " joyous" is skilfully selected, and gives pecu liar appositeness to the simile, which without it would have b een a mere superficial common-place. The apostrophe to Death, which immediately follows, is tame and elaborate— as most such apostrophes arc, with the single exception old Sir Thomas Browne's in his Urn Burial—but it con tains one fi ne li ne —n a m e ly, w h ere th e au th o r t a lks of Death as " Felt, tho' unseen, the step of Life behind." u e sket c h_ o f G u id o ' s fi ne pa i n ti ng o f Au ro ra i s i n M r . 41e ade's most felicitous manner.:— • "Fling back the orient gates! behold, awaking Aurora beautiful from tranced sleep; While with her roscatefingers she is shaking Nora from her starry hair The young hours keep Watch o'er her car, and round its pathway sweep • ' Roses, while scattering onwards as they flee, Ray* of bright light like foam upon the deep ; Downward they wheel in dance and revelry, Waking ow earth's grey hills the choirs of melody." The picture of Aurora " shaking morn from her starry L 144 jr," is complete in clearness and simplicity of expression. . 4 Mere versifyer would have elaborated it into a stanza, "a stuffed it with tawdry epithet's, till he had reduced it t° a bloated common-place. - But our author excels in P r oducing little finished cabinet pictures like this, which l ye prefer infnitely to his more ambitious displays. His ?ocasional metaphysical flights are sad failures ; he has no 41 ea of abstract speculation, which, after all, in nine cases out of ten, is fatal to good poetry. Had Coleridge not Necked himself on this delusive quick-sand, he might have ) °eonie the most popular imaginative writer of his age. tat though we protest against Mr. Reade's metaphysics, It e have nothing to object as respects the tone of senti ment that pervades his " Italy." It is utterly devoid of any like lackadaisical sensibility. He does not fall into "Ysterics at every fine painting or landscape he sees, but tleseribes them in a chaste, manly, and unaffectedly eloquent B pirit, though a little more animation, and . a little less atten 110n to mere express i on , wou ld not h ave b een am i ss , even kl , e te• We su m up o ur no ti ce ,by observing that Mr. M eade i s as f ar super i or to L or d B yron as a mora li st, as he is inferior to him as a poet. 771.- 4 E CONGRESS OF VERONA : COMPRIS ING A PORTION OF MEMOIRS OF HIS trIV TIMES.--Br M. De CHATEAUBRIAND. In 2 Vols. London, Bentley, 1838. is • is.a work which none b u t a ‘Frenchman could have • t ten, and' which few Fren c h men ever proved themselves well qualified to write as the Viscount de Chateaubriand. • Irwe were not - previously convinced that the noble author Mr4l the di v i nest poet, t h e most adm i red novel b .t, t h e fi rs t c, hristian essayi:it,and the most origin a l cr iti c -i n the world, the fact wou ld on l y prove t h at our inef olul:ty, or rather 4e l l endenee up on th e soun d ness o f our own j u d gment , was t tr°llger than our f a ith i n th e correc t ness o f M. d e Chateau tfinnd's reiterated convictions of the merits of his. own naumerous literary productions. If, by any chance we ever weed M. de Chateaubriand's poetry not quite equal to tiV or dsworth's—if we rated his Oriental Travels less highly j 1 44 those of the learned Dr. Pococke—if we preferred 4 7 1 writings of Pascal and Fencion to the finest creations .... p i/ genius, the error, if error. it were, originated in our in -41)4citY to believe all that the noble author h:ts, an hun dredw times over, told the world both of himself and his 41 ". And I ould we henceforth decline to rank M. de that s : ea l, uur.and among the first statesmen and diplomatists .tact t he eighteenth century has produced—should we hesi or to be persualed•that he was the sole ant* of the war .18 23 in Spain, which delayed for nearly ten years the CHURCH-RATES. triumph of the Constitutionalists—should we doubt his ability to outwit Prince Metterolch, to awe the Duke of Wellington, to inspire Catming with jealousy, and Broug ham with envy of his transcendent political talents —w e freely confess we shall be acting contrary to the whole spirit and tenor of these volumes. In the autumn of 1822, M. de Chateaubriand left the Court of St. James', where he had been filling the office of French Ambassador, to attend, as one of the Plenipoten tiaries of France at the Congress of Verona. The principal representative of France was the Count, afterwards Duke, de Montmorency, and so little regard was paid to the pre sence of Chateaubriand by this haughty Peer, that he was not permitted so much as to see one of the notes presented in the name of France to the Great Powers assembled in Congress. This humiliating fact is prominently stated by the noble author of these volumes, in alluding to M. Mont morency's notes and negotiations in defence of the policy of a war in Spain ; and yet with a modesty peculiar to him self, he claims all the credit of the actual authorship of that war ! 1l sneers at the little part played by the Duke of Wellington at this Congress of Sovereigns, who after protesting against 'the invasion of Spain, the coercion of the South American colonies, and proposing a treaty for the suppression of the Slave Trade, which was nit adopted, quitted Verona in disgust, leaving the Absolutists thunder struck by the energy of his counsels, and the abruptness of his departure. We are certainly not among the political admirers of his Grace ; but we will do him the justice to say that we know at present of no Statesman, either in Eng land or France, who would have the moral courage to act as M. de Chateaubriand acknowledges him to have acted at the Congress of Verona. But the back-stairs represent tative of France at Verona tested with a poet's perceptions the labours and conduct of a Statesman. But overlooking the egotistical spirit which pervades almost every passage in these Volumes, in which the noble author has occasion to refer to himself individually, their publication cannot but be regar:led as an affair of gicat moment to the future historian. M. de Chateaubriand has dared to pull aside the veil in which diplomacy has so long been shrouded from, vulgar observation ; and though his own appearance behind the scenes is contemptible enough, we must admit that he cuts quite as respectable a figure as many names ten times more distinguished for their skill in the management of political intrigue. It is a curious fact that the secrets of the Congress of Verona were all but wholly discovered by Cobbett, while neither Canning nor his colleagues in the Ministry so much as guessed at them till there was no longer a necessity fur affecting any con cealment on the part of the allies. The conduct of the English Government was also based on a sounder political principle than any of which either the Ministry or the op position of that day had themselves the remotest concep tion—at least such is the conclusion to which we arrive from akexamination of the documents before us. M. de Chateaubriand has given us, at great length, his conversa tions and correspondence with the Emperor Alexander, who appears to have latterly entertained a sincere friend ship for him. His portrait of Alexander is the best yet furnished by any writer. His correspondence with Can ning is a new feature in the received representations of of ficial intercourse. To throw each other off their guard, the two Ministers mutually agreed to dispense with all official etiquette, and to write in the language of the most subli mated friendship of the relations of two kingdoms in all but a state of actual hostility ! The consequence was a tissue of professions as ridiculous as the substance of their com munications was disingenuous. Altogether this work is neither dull, uninteresting, nor uninstructive. It will benefit Europe ; but greatly at the expense of M. de Chateaubriand's remaining reputation for modesty and sagacity. His character of the Spanish peo ple is full of vigour, and at the same time one of the most faithful portraits of a nation on record. He promises the world another set of memoirs after his decease. We sin cerely pray, nothwithstanding our many differences of opi nion with the noble author, that it may have many long years to wait for so invaluable a legacy. TO MR. SAMUEL SCOTT, CHURCHWARDEN OF BUNGAY SAINT MARY. Sir,-1 owe you no apology for addressing you on the sub ject of Church-rates. You were Churchwarden of this parish in 1833, in conjunction with Mr. Mann, and you distrained the goods of Messrs. Morris and White. Those goods were privately sold and delivered to the buyers, and the balance of cash was tendered to the parties distrained on. You, the Churchwarden, knew the goods were sold, for an account of the proceeds and expenses was delivered to the parties in the handwriting of Mr. Mann. The transaction was complete, and you recovered your rate. The man who had secretly bought part of the goods on the promise that his name should never be divulged, was after wards ashamed of his purchase, and returned them to Mr. Morris, who refused to accept them, and ordered them to be sold for the benefit of the poor. The goods were then carried round the town with some noise; but no assault or breach of the peace; sold by auction, and the money distributed in coals. In 1631-5, you were again Churchwarden, with the well. remembered John Bobbif. You then, without summoning me before the magistrates, cited me into the Ecclesiastical Court. On my declining to appear, you did not, as you might have done, and as the usage is, pray for a verdict as in an unde fended case ; but you held off, that the Court might declare me in contempt for not appearing, and a warrant issued, with the characteristic words " Take no bail," to place me in Ips wich I remained there from the 12th to the 23d of May. In June, the attention of Parliament was directed to these unexampled proceedings, and Lord Henniker and Mr. Kelly defended your conduct on the ground that having distrained the previous year in the usual way, you had been prevented by public tumult from selling the goods, and believed it would be fruitless to make another attempt. Immediately I pointed out to Lord Henniker that his statement was at variance with the truth ; that you had in fact sold the goods, and accounted for the money ; and that the '' tumult" which took place several days (filet-wards, was a paltry matter, which even the constable saw nothing to interfere with. His Lordship re plied that he knew nothing of the facts, and had only stated what he was instructed to state. I declared then, and I repeat now, that so much of Lord Hennilcer's instructions as related to the sale in 1834, was a wilful and notorious falsehood. I did not then state what was however equally certain, that the fear of popular tumult was a mere pretence, which furnished no reason for leaving the accustomed path, and citing me to the Ecclesiastical Court ; and that the real motive was personal malice, the hJtre:l of bye gone associations, and the zeal of proving a new attachment to the Established Church. I have waited for demonstration to expose the pretence, and is now afforded me. In 1836 you. were again Churchwarden, but John Bobbit, tired of the pleasure, forsook you ; and a kindred spirit was found in the person of James Gower. A few churchmen had subscribed to pay the Church-rates for 1835-6, and in the new year; it was given out that the rates of myself and my family had been secretly paid, with a palptble insinuation that it was done with our connivance: Archdeacon Glover, incumbent of the pa'rish, who selects you as his nominee, afterwards avowed that he had paid my rate, with the laudable object of promoting quiet. Strange . notions of quiet a militant Archdeacon must have to lay the owner of a score printing presses under the imputation of flinching from a subject to which he was pledged by personal conviction and public profession. However, you• distrained on several other parishioners, and, as.if for the purpose of stir ring up resistance, and inviting illegal retaliation, the law has been glaringly violated, and the goods have been retained within a few days of a whole Year, unsold and unaccounted for. In 1837 Mr. Scott was again Churchwarden of 13ungay St. Mary, and I aril mistaken if the title be not too deeply burnt into your name to be crazed for many a year. For the rate of this year yon have again distrained on me and my neighbours, and yesterday the value of ycur pretended fears of 'a tumultuous sale was accurately tested. The goods, and those of last year, were together offered to public auction. and were quietly and peaceably sold. It is true the sense of the respectable persons who stood round was expressed by their silent abstinence from all participation in the proceed ings; but the goods were actually sold, (in the absence of competition at one-third of their value) to a few low pople who were present. In few words, Sir, you recovered your rate by distraint in 1833, you have done the same in 1837 and 1838, and you could have done the same in 1835. That you preferred to carry your cause' to the Ecclesiastical Court, I now charge you with this cyhienee before inc, on " the rancour of political and religious into!cranco." I am Sir, yours, &,e. JOHN CIIILDS. At the London Coffee House, Ludgate Hill, June 16, 1838. PLUMPTBE S- DlLL—Deputations of Li con Victuallers belonging to the National Protection Society, are now in town for the purpose ofopposing Mr. Plumptre's most stupid and badly arranged Bill, from Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Bradford, Hull, Stockport, Rochdale, Warringto n, and Portsmout h . W e are happy . to announce that they have met with strenuous support from all classes in the House of Commons, as well as in the House of Lords. We understand that it is their intcntion to wait upon T. S Dun . oarbe, Esq., the Member for Finsbury, to request his vatuable as sistance, which, we doubt not, L will now, as upon all former occasions, very cheerfully accord. Asa proof of the manner in which priiate Bills arc often smuggled through the Houses of Parliament, the Ay/tab:Qv Noes states, that the frst intimation the inhabitants of Aylesbury and Thane hal of the. Aylesbury and Thame Railroad Bill was the notice in the payers or hot week, that the Bill h4d received the royal assent. COURT CIRCULAR. TI114: SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1838. Ilcr 11Lijesty held a Court yesterday afternoon at the new Palace, The Marquis do Itrignole, Ambassador Extraordinary from the of Sardinia, had an audience of the Queen, to deliver his credentials. His Excellency was introduced by Lord Menelg (ollietating fur Vise •un , Palmerston). one o 1 her Moj-sty's Princiyal Secretaries of State, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. La Marquics de Brioole, Sardinian Ambassadress, had also an au dience of her. Majesty: Baron de (Alto, Bavarian Minister, had an audience of her Maj,sty, fn dAiver a letter. His Excellency was introduced by Lord Glenelg, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. His Excellency the Marquis de Brignole presented to the Queen the five gentlemen attaches to his Embas:y—Count d'Os'ernoz, Count dr Broglio, Chevalier de Sanburg, Count della Chieja de Cervignagro, an d the Marquis Durazzo. The Court was attended by the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord in Waiting, Vice Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Groom in Waiting, and Colone: \Vemyss, Equerry in Waiting. Viscount Me'bourne had an audience yesterday, of her Majesty. Her Majesty took an airing in the Parks, between live and six o'ci.•ck yesterday afternom, attended by the Countess of Mulgrave, Hon. Miss Pitt, and the Baroness Lehzen. Her Maj••sty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a pony phaeton and four to Kensington yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess :Augusta yesterday, at Clarence House. His Highness Prince Christian of Holstein-Gli!cksburg, accompanied by Prince Ernest Phillipstall, and accompanied by M. lc Chambellan de Bille, and le Comte de Blucher, arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave street, at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the Conti nent. His Highness was received by Baron Biome, the Danish Minister. Madame Dedel has been very unexpectedly obliged to leave London, in consequence of the alarming accounts of the health of her eldest son, and she took her departure on Sunday, for Rotterdam. Prince Schwarzenberg, the Austrian Ambassador Extraordinary, and Princess Schwarzenberg, paid visits yesterday to their Royal High- nesses the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Ills Excellency the Marquis de Brignole, Sardinian Ambassador Extraordinary, after being presented to the Queen, went, attended by his suite, to the midenees of the loyal Family yesterday. The Earl of Gosford, Colonel Seale, M.P., Mr. Howard, M.P., Mr. F. French, M.P., and Mr. Guest, M.P., had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. The Earl of Gosford had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial Oflice. Gentlemen, I cannot find words to express the satisfaction and gratitude which I feel upon receiving from your Grace these reports of the pro eedings of yourself and of otheit distinguished individuals, and of. the public at large, with a view to the erection in this Vali of the me tropolis of a memo: ial of the services in which it has been my lot to be _.fig,ged. lam aware of the degree to which I am indebted to your :iracc's friendship, kindness, and partiality in these proceedings, And it is sati..factory td rteeire this communication in the presence of my old Wends, companions, and comrades ; ifleti Itsith whom I have served so long ; to whom I ant indebted for so much aSsistatin 1 thty d's. 'iuguished 0 - .emselves on every occasion on which any service was per tUrmed which could attract the public attection, or merit their appro. batio:s. I will give my attendance upon the artist fixed upon by the Committee whenever he may think proper to require it. REGENERATION OF THE DRAMA [There is so much truth in the following oktervations of our liberal contemporary, the Morning Advertiser, founded on a luminous passage from Blachwood's Magazine, that we have great pleasure in copying both into The Sun. The drama is tot dead—it only sileepctli—to awaken into glory.] The public have decidedly a deeper interest in the management of our national theatres than they seem to imagine, if we may judge by the apathy which is evinced at all times on the subject, whether the interests of the drama be committed to the best or worst hands. Now, with a thorough contempt for all Quixotic sallies or Utopian notions, we are still firmly persuaded that it is possible to work a thorough change in this feeling, and to rendet the theatres, as they might to be, not only a me dium for the highest intellectual excellence of the country, but also a source to the public of solid, permanent, and supreme delight. One part of the plan we hare in view for this purpose, is thus lucidly laid down by a writer in Blaawood's Magazine, to which our atteution has been casually directed:— " We altogether disregard the ridiculous outcry raised against theatres from their abuse: and, so long as we have Shakspeare, can re joice that we had a theatre to summon that alight) , genius into action, and still have a theatre to spread the splendours of his mind through the people and posterity. The first step, as we conceive, would be to form some public body for the express encouragement of the drama. Why not establish a society for the direct promotion of dramatic authorship— to give rewards for the ablest Comedy and Tragedy ; to spread dramatic knowledge, to purify dramatic taste; to exercise the mild influence of opinion over the conduct of actors, authors, and managers alike, and without harshness or officiousness, have all the effect of a powerful and salutary jurisdiction ? The object is certainly worth the trial, and yLt we suffer the most brilliant, most effectual, and most perma nent, popular, and universal of all the efforts of genius to lie in utter neglect ; struggling into an abortive existence under the difficul ties of bankrupt theatres and bitter criticism, wholly unprotected by the natural patronage of the higher orders,almost wholly unknown to the people, and thus absolutely decaying out of the land. To undertake this duty and remove this stigma, should be the work of the opulent, the intelligent, and the patriotic of the nobility of Emsiand. It would I well become Lord Francis Egerton°, for instance, and individuals of his tastes and opportunities. Many would join them ; and a society would be formed, which mig'nt become rapidly one of the ornaments of the c iuntry. We cordially hope that the experiment will be made. We can answer for its success. llalf.a-dozen years would not elapse without producing a total change in every matter connected with the national drama, stimulating the latent poetry of England into vividness and beauty, and repcopling the deserted bills of national literature with 6hapes not unworthy to move even among the colossal heroes and demi gods of Shakspeare." Leaving this proposition, as we safely may do, to stand cc fall by the eloquent terms in which it is stated, might not another Association be formed to sanction and support the revival of old standard plays, if brought forward in the classic and gorgeous style for which Macready has immortalized himself, during the present season, by Macbeth, Coriolanus, and King Lear I Speaking practically at once to the point, let us suppose that a body like the Garrick Club were to subscribe, on every such occasion, for five hundred pounds worth of bow tickets, with the privilege of using them whenever they pleased Curing the run of the piece it was their object so patronize ; surely, if the wealth, :taste, and spirit of their connexions be duly weighed, the tickets thus taken might he circulated without imposing any serious sacrifice on the itidivnluals who made themselves responsible for their sale. Something of this sort was done just a century ago, to re store the works of Shakespeare to the Stage, from which they had long been banished by the fashionable follies of the day, and the success of the experiment proved so complete, that after raising the buried bard, like another Lazarus, from his dramatic death, sufficient funds were found to ere c t th at monument w hi c h commemoredes him in Westmin ster - B Enough of us, who have not "bowed the knee to aal," are yet remai n i ng, 8 we hope, to rebuild the broken altars that are crum. Wing Lway through disorderly neglect or licentious innovation. His vigour to hi s j udgment, he would Lordship h as p ro d uce d t wo or th r ee dramas of considerable merit, and n ow t h at time has given new grace; to h i s f ancy, and fresh ytli t e ur s , : l a er ge su a c ir e i s t s ) . ±f with fair chances so tempted, fet ; e certainly try o more t ED. M. A. ' ltan THE WATERLOO GALLERY. Yesterday Apsley House was again the scene of the same splendid festivities by which the Duke of Wellington has now for so many years commemorated the anniversary of the victory of Waterloo. By the- kindness of his Grace a large number of ladies and gentle. men were admitted to see the preparations for this really national cele bration. The Duke's magnificent collection of china and plate—the spontaneous tribute of the Sovereigns of Europe to Isis high reputation— were of course the objects of attraction. Of these so many descriptions have from time to time been given to the public that the subject may almost seem to be exhausted; but the coup d'wil throws all these descriptions into the shade. Even before the spectator is admitted into the banquetting room the objects that meet the eye arc full of interest. You pass from the entrance-hall into a small anti room ornamonted with the busts of celebrated men. Here are the Duke of Wellington himself, the Duke of York, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Spencer Perceval, Sir Walter Scott, a curious bronze bust of Marshal Massena, and a small statue of Prince Blucher, executed in bronze with all time delicacy of finish for which the German manufacture is so remarkable, and placed on a pedestal of the finest granite. At the foot of the grand staircase stands the famous colossal statue of Bonaparte, which, if we recollect aright, was formerly placed on the summit of the column of the Place Vendome, at Paris, and having been removed thpnce was presented to the Duke of Wellington by the allied Sovereigns. It is of white marble, undraped, and holds in the right hand a gilt figure of Victory. In a small anti-rosin, through which is the entrance to the pictuce gallory—the particular scene of splendour on this occasion—there are some fine paintings. Among them are portraits of Bonaparte and Josephine, and a likeness of the former evidently taken at an early pe riod of his career, and to our taste showing more of intellect than is to be found in the later pictures of him. The room is hung with amber satin, and the windows look immediately upon tho grand arch at the top of Constitution-hill, where the equestrian statue of the Duke is des tined to be placed. On entering the picture gallery the effect is extraordinary. Only imagine al ofty room, of which the ceiling is of the most elaborate workmansi ip, and literally one blaze of gilding. The walls arc covered with gold-coloured paper to represent damask, but are almost concealed by a splendid collection of paintings, many of them by the old masters; and the mantel-pieces are of Sienna marble carved with great boldness in the richest style of the age of Louis XI V. At each end of the room, ono side of which commands a view of Hyde Park, arc sideboards, where a quantity of gold and silver plate is arranged in dazzling pro fusion. The Ftiperb shield, containing in high relief equestrian portraits of the Duke and the companions of his triumphs, while the border is composed of compartments, each representing one of his victories, is naturally a conspicuous object. At the foot of the shield is an oval salver of flue gold, and, by the peculiarity of the heraldic engraving, al , - parently of Indian workmanship. On each side of this is a candelabrum on a tripod, each supported by three figures exquisitely carved. On one are an English Grenadier, a Scotch Highlander,and an Irish Soldier; on the other a Sepoy, a Spanish Guerilla peasant, and a French Light Infantry Mn. At the opposite end of the room, the centre of the side board, was occupied by the magnificent ♦ase presented to the Duke by subscription, and containing on the pedestal the names of the subscribers. The tide was laid out in preparation' for the banquet. A large proportion of it was covered by a silver plateau of tire most costly Mid beautiful description, a present, we believe, from the Prince Regent of Portugal, to his Grace as Duke of Vittoria. One feels a difficulty in describing this elaborate piece of plate. Columns, figures, trophies— all inscribed with, or emblematical of, the Duke's various victories are heaped together in a glittering agglomeration, from the centre of which rises a palm tree, with its leaves of burnished silver reflecting the light so brilliantly as to convey an impression that they must be formed of fluted glass. Towards the ends of the table are two candelabra of colossal proportions. They are of highly polished porphyry, enriched with orottoulu. Near these you observe the celebrated Waterloo vases, presented to the Duke of Wellington by one of the Continental Sove reigns. They are Etruscan in shape, and on each is painted a scene from the last and greatest of his fields. In close order round the table are vases, icepails, and tureens, interspersed with a variety of figures in frosted silver. Some of the salt-cellars, in particular, were very elegant. They were supported by elephants, in allusion to the early conquests of the Duke in the East. On the side-tables were the silvet-gilt dessert service, and pile upon pile of plates of Dre , den China. In sketching from memory these gorgeous preparations, of which w e were so fortunate as to obtain a sight, we fear we may have omitted much that would have been interesting; but enough has been noticed to show that his contemporaries have so well proved their gratitude to the Duke of Wellington, as to leave for posterity nothing bitt respectful admira tion, mixed perhaps with something like a feeling of sorrow at not hay_ ing been permitted to share his glories, of whom it may well be said that they " neer shall look upon his like again." THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S WATERLOO BANQUET. His Grace gave his annual grand military banquet last evening at Apsley House, to the general and staff officers who served with film on that memorable occasion. By permission of his Grace the magnificent ;;allery and state apartments were thrown open from two to four p.m. to such of th:',Nobility and Gentry who had previously obtained tickets to view them as laid out for the banquet, and to inspect the valuable gold and silver plate, and costly presents made to the Gallant Duke by the Sovereigns of Europe. A dense crowd collected at the great ga,,, of Apsley House while the company were being admitted, end a n „_ mesons party of police were obliged to be in attendance, to prevent the crowd from rushing into and fi'ling the court-yard. The dinner w a , served up on the splendid silver service, the gift of the laic King of Portugal, Don John ; the magnificent gold service presented to the Duke by his late Majesty George the Fourth ; and the set of Potsdam china presented to his Grace by the King of Prussia, was also used upon the occasion. After the table was cleared, the Duke proposed " The health of her Majesty the 121 teen," which was ch unk by the company amidst cheering the most enthusiastic, which was re.cchoed by a large assemblage of re spectable persons outside. The second toast was "The Memory of the Hero who fell at Water.. 100," and the third, "The Health of our brave Companion in Aims." The company separated about 11 o'clock, when his Grace and several of his gallant visitors proceeded to the gucen'a grand ball at Bucking. ham Palace The following composed the party His EKCCIICLey Count Pozzu di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, who• shared in the glory of the day as a General in the army of the illustrious Duke; • General the Marquis of Anglesey, G CB., General Lord Hill, ac 8.,; Lieut.-General Sir James Kempt,-G.C.B. ; Lieut.-General Lord Straflbrd, Lieut -General Sir Conn Halkett, G.C.8.; Lieut.. Ge. octal Hon. St: Charles Colville, G.C. 8.,d.0 H.; Lieut.. General Sir Hus sey Vivian, Bart. G.K.C.8., Master-General of the Ordnance; General Sir John Elley; Lieut -General Sir Edward Kerris,n, Bart., G.C.H; Lieut-General Sir Andrew Barnard, K.C.8., G.C.H.; Major. General Lord Fitzroy Somerset; Major. General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart.; Major-General Sir William Gomm; Major-General Sir Henry Harclinge; Major-General Sir k:. Bowater, K.C.H.; Major-General Sir A. Woodford, K.C.D. ; Major.Gcneral Sir H. Askew; Maj r-General Sir G. Quentin, K.C.H. ; Majqr-General Lord Harrii ; Major-General Lord Saltoun ; Major-General Sleigh ; Major-General Sir John Wood ford, K.C.H.; Major-General Sir Arthur Clifton; Major Generals Sir G. Scorch!, K.C.8.; Major.Gcneral Clement 11111 ; Major_General Macdo. nald, R. A:, C.B. ; Major General Sir Charles BrokeVere,.K.C.B.; Major. General Henry Wyndham ; Major-General Charles Count Alten,G.C.B., G.C.H. (the Hanoverian Special Minister) ; Colonel Henry Doyley, Gre nadier Guards; Colonel W. Drummond, Scots Fuciliers ; Colonel Berke ley Drummond, ditto; Colonel Sir John May, K.C.11 , K.G.11 , Royal Artillery; 'Colonel Sir Robert Gardiner; Colonel Lord Sandys; the Mar quis of Douro; Lord Charles Wellesley; Mr. Algernon Greville.. The brad of the Grenadier Guards attended during the evening. WELLINGTON . MILITARY MEMO- REAL. On Saturday last the Sub.Committe,s, to whom the arrangements for carrying theabove design into enct have been confided, absembled at the residetice.of the Marquis of Londonderry, in Park-lane, and from thence proceeded, by appointment, to Apeey House, where they were received by the Duke of Wellingtol. His Grace was addressed by . the Duke of Rutland, as Chairman of the Committee, who stated that he could say for himself as well as for the Noble and Honourable individuals who had been so kind as to accompany hin, that they had never been engaged in any duty which had more di rectly caletl forth in them the strongest feelings of pride and gratified tion than the occasion on which they now troubled the Duke. They were members of a Committee which had been formed in order. to give effect to the wishes of a large body of subscribers from all ranks an'l classes and political parties in the British empire—all equally anxious to see erteted in some conspicuous part of tha we t end of the metropolis of Great Britain a memorial of his Grace's most splendid and glorio us litarY achievements during a life exlit;ively dev o t e d t o the service of his country in various parts bf the g l o b e.. The Committee was d ee ply sensible—the whole body of subscribers were deeply sensible—the n 3 tion as one man was deeply sensibl e — of the immeasurable extent to w hich his Gra,c had made his country hi s d e b tor by his transcendent serv ices The Committee confidently expect th a t t h e result of their la b ou rs will be the production of a work which shall be deemed equally worthy of the country Which originates it, and of the man whose deeds of pa triotism it is the object to gldrify and commemet ate. The Duke of Rutland did not say snore in the pre,.enc..., 01 the Doke of Wellington,though he could assure him that both pr i vate friendship and attac hment,. as well as admiration of his publi c char cter, made it a heavy an d irk some restriction upon his feeli ngs to say so little. But it was hi s d u ty to acquaint him that her Majesty, w h o had heel graciously p l ea sed to express an interest in the project, had given her consent to the erection of an equestrian statue upon the summit of the triumphal it'd' oPirsit'' Apslcy House; and it was the fervent prover of himself, as he was sure it was of all who heard him, that his Grace might live through many many a long year to see from his own windows a proud testimonial of the gratitude of an admiring count r y . T he Cmamittee h a d selected Matthew \Vyatt, Esq., as the sc u lpt or to be employed upon t h e m intcled work ; and they hoped that his Gr ace world have tha goo d ness to allow Mr. Wyatt occasionally to communic a t e with him, in order to insure, to a the utmost possible extent, perf ec ti on i n its eecution. and The Duke of WELLINoteg replied--My Lord Duke,.my Lords FETE AT CREMORNE HOUSE. The floricultural fete, so long announced, for the benefit of the children of the British Orphan Asylum, was held at Cremorne House on Saturday. It was perhaps unfortunate that this horticultural exhibi tion and the exhibition at the Horticultural Society Gardens at Turn. ham green, should both have been on the same day. As it ',rotted, there was no want of patronage to this festival, and great praise is due to Mr. Glenny, under whose able arrangements and spiritut exertions the whole was ordered and got up. The band of the Milk Guards (blue) was stationed in one part of the grounds, and performed some very fine pieces of music in a masterly manner. In another part of the grounds were the Styrian musicians, called the " Schwartzenbach" band, who executed the music of Auber and other eminent composers in a very superior manner. The " Russian Family" were also there, and at five o'clock precisely, not two hours after the hour announced, Graham's baloon aseeeded amidst the hurrahs of thousands both within and without the grounds. With. out entering into comparisons between the excellence of the flowers and fruits exhibited at this fete, and those which were exhibited at Turn ham-green—and, indeed, it would take a professed floriculturist and bo tanist to decide upon their respective merits—it will be enough to say that the exhibition of Saturday at Cremorne-house was of the very first order of horticultural cultivaticn. An enormous tent, as long as the main street of a provincial town, furnished fur the occasion by Mr. B. Edgington, of the Borough, and which of itself might be called one of the " Lions" of the exhibition, was erected on the Eastern side of the garden, anti beneath were placed rows of innumerable flowers, clus tered with blossoms of the most superb and vivid colours. The go. raniums were particularly good, and the rarer specimens of the green-house amid conservatory remarkable for their variety and elegance. The gardens were crowded with visitors. The number of the higher ranks exceeded that by which any other floricultural fete has been honoured on former occasion.. The cards of the Duchesses of Marlborough and of Canizaro, of the Dukes of e a r , l i t:7ru c i , o t n h; p 3 g l h a a r i u n p: is Lo s e r s d o , f Westminster, ke%ilie s T i. w r e l e e d y: Dartmouth, Denman, Radstock, Grey, St. Ger- Beresforul, aVicklow, loans, W. Russell, the Bishops of Eiy, Norwich, &c , with parties, were left at the entrance lodge. It would indeed be difficult to say wh,o was a ltlll: i t; r d i , s l t sT o o l r . fo il lk ea , c a l f n o d r t i ! present or who was absent ; the crowd was so great as to prevent the individuals. On the outside the King's-road was m i bloc ked up with carriages, horsemen, and swarms of people recogn ition of passi ng coonpletelY foot. Good order was, however, preserved by the exert' ins of the police, and there was no report of any accident having occurred. The following is the award of prizes Gold m c dsi, value 15 -guineas, or 10 guineas in money or plate. Mr. Ferguson, fora bed of cut flowers ; Mr. Palmer, for milo cacti ; and Mr. Barnes, for stove and green-house plants.' Gold medal, value 10 guineas, or 7 guineas in money or plate. AL% mmdin, for heaths; and Mr. Bruce, for stove and greenhouse vane 71. I7s 7d, or 51. s s . i n money or Otte. plants. al ) :. ilal ' eia i , Vernon, for heaths; Mr. Barnes, for heaths; Mr. Darnsford, for orehideous plants; Mr. Upright, fur stove and green.howe plants ; Mr. Gaines, for goranimns ; Mr. Salter, fur amaryllis; Mr: Glenny, fur milo cacti; and Mr. Ferguson, fur small collection of plants. Large silver medal, or 2 guineas in money or plate. Messrs. Butcher, Plumby, Wylie, Bartivs, Mill, Renting, Fairhairn, A l exa nder, Harris, Durnsford, Hill, C oc k , Di xon, B utc h er, Fleming, a nd Bedding. S ec ond size silver medal, or 1 guinea i n money or plate. D si‘rinessibsrrs:l,SlP°3 r n o g w ' n ,jlaietkal7lZ Redding, Gu nn i ng, Buchanan, Callaugh, , 111)att, Knox, a n d Gaines . T c _morrow will be the anniverSarTof her M a j esty ' s acc essien to the Th r o ne . A Petition, it is stated, will agai n be .presented ' ythe, aga i n st the return cf Mr. Hope fur Gl e tacester We are sorry to hear that Mr. Campbell, of 81 . and Lord Lieutenant of e ßenfrewshire, is at present so unwell, that his life is despaired of. ' '• TO RIES.—Are not the Tories for whatever is old and tainted with corruption ? The mites in a cheese pre Tories; the cheese is their Church : men call the chee,e " rotten"—if the mites could speak, be assured they would call it " venerable. "—Spe c t ator. Yesterday being the anniversary of the battle of \ vat cr!oo, large numbers of people, tempted by the fineness of the early part of the morning, assethiled in Hyde Park , with the expectation of litsineling the review of troops which ordinardy takes place on thi s cc . But it !mein soon become known that they were to be dia. ap pointede—that there would be no reside —they contented themselves ~,,t , ,pnessing the ordinary inspection in St. James's Park, and the ma rch with fife and drum to the Palace. All the soldiers wore laurel in their caps, and tdie colours were surmounted with a laurel bough, GRAND t'ETE AT VAUXHALL GA n .NS.—Thc attendance.at Vauxhall Gardens last night, to witness the gala in honour o f the battle of Waterloo, proves that though years have flown since that victory was won, the pride of Englishmen, which was justly roused by its aAievement, is still undiminished. The proprietors of the gardens i i e cerred vast expen z e in preparing an exhibition w Welt at once cones- I pointed W:tls the nationa' feeling, and fostered it. The " fire.works" of " the Gardens" are celebrated lbr their splendour, and for their aptitude to the event which they are intended to honour and celebrate. Never did this remark more justly apply titan to the feux d'artffice which were last night exhibited. Amongst the various admira7,le devices which were displayed in the illuminative department the most attractive was one at the back or the square in which the orchestra is contained. It consisted of a truly magnificent tableau, exhibiting in amber.coloured lamps an admirable profile Lkeneis of the illustrious "hero of a hundred fights," whose het aid most splendid victory the ga'a was intended to eel bratc. Utelm neath the profile was the word " sVaterloo," and every Patriot who gaz e d upon t h e emblem felt at once the impulses of grati tude to " the Duke," and of pride in belonging to the count ry, which by its velour—guided by the Duke of Wellington's warlike genius —asserted its right to be censidered the arbitress of the Continent as well as the " ruler of the " We might expatiate upon the .excellent singing and acting whi c h were d i splaye d ; but we forget individual merits to recogr Ise th e V auxh a ll Water l oo G a la as a magnificent national spec tacle, worthy o f the first nation in the world. We hive m uch pleasure its stating th at, during the week ; the Waterloo Gala will be repeated. The performanc es i n th e R o tunda Theatre were very interesting; much of Michat.l Boai is mere so tha n on former evenings. L'Atelier do Cardona continues to re ceive unbounded plause, aed the "chin moat:" received, a s the reporters wutild say," with thunder s of ate letise." Va. ri9us h " L ' ltic3 are in p t egress which caonet fail to obtain the 'public patronage. calLel into more prominent exerc i se ? . . , SURREY ZOOLOGICAL Why are not the admired v oc al p owers of Madame Dual CA RD E NFS.—Yeacrday a splendid Fete, in celebration of the annive rsar y of the battle, of Wa terloo, was give n a tth e a b ove G a rdens, when the Bedouin Arabs, whose a' l nahhing performence has for such a length of time excited the admi. , ration of the putaic, merit , their last appearance. The Matweitsch Emil y (the eelebr.d e d Il us3 i, n voca l ists) sin e several Russian ,and Cossack me lodies, and wer e l ou dl y a pplau d e d . They attracted much notice by their appearance in national costume. The performances concluded, as usual, by the erupti on of V esuvius which if we may judge by the Immense . number of perso ns present, an d t h e rapturous applause with which they hailed this grand an d i mpos i ng spec tacle, has lost nothing of its fearful , fascinations. John B r itt o n , commander, arrived - -------- The A n t werp C ompany ' s n ew steam-ship Antwerp, yesterday (Monday) morning off the Tower. Th e extraordinary power o f t hi s s hip enabled her to effect her passage in the short space of 19 hours. The grand CaledOnian fancy dress ball, which was postponed from the '2d instant, in consequence of her Majesty's party, we can state from authority, Will take place on the 25th instant, under thO Most distinguishes patronage. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The eighth and last of tl.e unrivalled series of concerts giren by the above Soei , ty, took lilacs! last night at. the Hannver•square Rooms. - It was, perhaps, the most splendid one of the sea3on, sus eyed the Philharmonic orchestra has proved very materially since its commencement, when we had to complain of occasional iudicision and want of consente.neous feeling. The leader was Mr. Loder, who fills the post with abiEty i and the necessary firmness of bearing : the conductor, Mr. Mostheles, was not quite so much to our taste ; we have before spelketi Of his extreme fidgettincss, and his plan of turn ing his faceto the atAitnt'e and heating time to them, instead of to the orchestra is in our opinlon about the worst that could be adopted. The first part opened with Beethoven's sinfonia in 13 flat, and concluded with Weber's overture to " Dcr Be herrscher der Geister ;" the second part a manuscript sin fonia by Mendelssohn in A, and terminated with Mozart's overture to " Die Zauberflote." They were all plAyed in that inimitable style to be heard only at these concerts. Some parts of Mendelssohn's composition were very beautiful, but as a whole we did not admire it. The first movement was mere hard threshing, without any . object that we could dis cover. This composer may proouce a sinfonia tit to be heard on the same night with one of Beethoven's. at some future period, but at present the overture should offer a fitting boundary to his ambition. The insti - umental solos were a piano forte concerto, by Mr. Sterndale Bennef by one for the violin by Mr. Blagrove ; they were both played vt:!,h great finish, and i n a very masterly style, and applauded to the In the first part, Madame Corti Damoreau sang the romance of Rossini, from " Guillaume Tell," " Sombre foret," and a duetto with Mademoiselle Placci, " Serbami ognor," from Semiramide." They were both superb performances. In the second part, Signor Ivanoff, was most deservedly encored in Mozart's " Oh ! cars immagine," from 41 11 Haut() Ma , ico," a compliment, which coming from the Philharmonic auditory, cannot be too highly appreciated. The only other vocal piece of this part was the " Scena" of Donizctti, " Fatal GotTredo," exquisitely sung by Cinti Damorcau. The room, notwith standing the other great parties in town, was crowded by an auditory of the most brilliant description, and the applause be. stowed on the compositions, more enthusiastic than on any other night of the season. COLONIZATION OF NEW ZEALAND. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The facts recently laid before Parliament relating to emigratien, and I now that the public mind is turning in that direction, and that cmigra. lion is proceeding on so great a scale, as to become of national impor ' tance, it appears that not less than 604,000 persons have emigrated from Great Britain, with a view to settle in foreign lands, within the last twelve years. I❑ the last year the number amounted to upwards • of 70,000. Of all these by far the greater number have settled in the United States—a very small proportion only in Colonies strictly British. Within the last two years a problem has been solved, fraught with con sequences to the future welfare of mankind, and especially of the mil lions of the overwrought, uneasy, industrious classes of Great Britain. The enlightened founders of the new Colony in South Australia have shown, by a successful experiment, how a fund can be created out of the waste lands of the Colonies for the extension of our empire, without coming for one shilling on the public purse, at the same time that a new opening has been made for that healthy co-operation of labour and capital which in the old country takes the form of a ruinous and overwhelming competition. South Australia has never appeared in the estimates; and yet, although scarcely two years have elapsed since the first adventurers landed, so perfectly have the economical principles affecting the deposal of land acted that, by the last accounts there were not less than 4,000 people living together in a town—mot scattered, as at Swan River, or in the backwoods of America, in log-huts, over a wilderness—but living in a town and its vicinity, with all the circumstances of a thriving, organized community. The re ports of this success, coming from all classes of the settlers in one uniform tenor, have operated magically in various parts of the country. The Commissioners are disposing of land in large quantities, at a pound an acre, to persons of some capital, and, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament, are employing the whole of the fund thus created in car rying out poor persons of the working classes. Here is at length a true Agrarian law, which makes the waste land of the colonies no longer the plunder of the Aristocracy, but the inheritance of the people. We see that it is proposed to apply the South Australian principle to the colo nization of New Zealand ; and, understanding it in that way, we think the project is deserving of the most serious and favourable con sideration. We have looked into the Bill, and without making ourselves partizans to a measure which requires and deserves to be fully discussed in Parliament, we must say that the Bill appears to have been the result of great deliberation, guided by a deep sense and an enlarged view of justice and humanity. In par ticular the provisions made for the benefit of the aborigines are per fectly novel. They seem to form the basis of the schemes pervading it in all its ramifications, going far beyond all that has ever been at tempted, or even suggested, by preceding philanthropists, and, as such, do honour to the improving spirit of the tittles. We must ascribe this in great measure to the facts of the whole scheme having been devised by a body of individuals, who, having entered into it con amore on grounds of public policy alone, have worked at it incessantly, and have produced a plan which mustprisna facie command the attention of every impartial judge. In all former attempts at founding colonies by merely official persons the object has been manifestly the creating of a new field for jobbing, the formation of honourable and snug spheres of exile for the scapegraw vagabond scions of aristocracy. As for the natives, they have been treated like the Kangaroos, as mere wild animali. In Van Diemen's Land the Colonial Office made short work by authorizing a general battue, and the last man was shot, or transported from the island, within the last three or four years. No broad legisk.tive provision has been made for the Abo rigines : every thing has been left to the transient attention of a secre tary or clerk. Lord Goderich and others have written and spoken magnificently on the subject, but they have done nothing. They have not invested their humanity with the force of law, Their denuncia tions, fulminated in Parliament, have produced no effect at the anti. poles ; and we have seen their most energetic despatches converted into curl papers by the ladies' maids. . • It is because we see Symptoms of a more practical benevolence ill the Bill that we are inclined to give it a fair hearing ; . and because we con. ceive that a Board of Commissioners strictly responsible to Parliament, without any private interest in the undertaking, and, in an affair with which mere party cam have nothing to do, selected from the most emi nent men in both Houses without regard to politics, is more likely to do justice to a single colony, in which they will take the zealous inte rest natural to founders, Min the Colonial Office, which has not latterly shown. itself competent to more business than actually devolves upon it. STATE OF THE PUBLIC MINI). (From the .Dublin Pilot.) The litter of our able London correspondent shows the same process going on in the English public mind, as we truly described in that of the Irish. In both countries the repose of expectation ceases, and the people, tired of the impediments opposed to their friends in every attempt to compass good by negoeiation and reason, are beginning to stir, and are about, once more, to take their own affairs into their own hands. We know well •the circumstances in which every public man and independent Journalist—friends to the Irish people— have been placed for some time past. If - we wantonly in vited the Tories to power, we would have the responsibility of the certain calamities of their tyranny, with the dangers and suffixing s inevitable from the popular outbreak, by which alone they could be ejected from power. But there are two things which never should be sacrificed4o expediency. Thue nre—the popular voice when it does speak out, and the print ciple for which we struggle. Let us ever abstain from invit ing evil for the mere speculation of good ; let us accept every instalment; but let us attend to the mighty popular voice when it does declare itself, and never in accepting part of the debt, give up Our claim to the remainder. The public voice of Ireland does now speak out on the sub ject of tithes: Peel taunted the Irish people with their grow ing acquiescence in tithcs, and they answer Min with a thunder sterns. PUBLIC FEELING IN ENGLAND. (nom AN OCCASIONAL CORItESPONDENT.) • London, June 13, 1333. Once more, af.cr * a tolerable lapse of time, during which strange changes in the political as well as the physical world have taken place, I resume my pen to scribble a few lines to the watchful sage who s'ands at the helm in Elephant lane. Well, we are now approaching the of June, and even here in London itself its rural beauties may be contemplated, for wander through the Pavks, and every bower and grcen-c:ad shrubbery now looks splendid in nature's gay attire ; and the regal cows and sheep, and evil the feathered songsters, who are not the property of any particular earthly monarch, seem to rejoice. You will, of course, expect that all the, folks are going mad about the Corona tion ; but nothing can be more contrary to fact. Lord London derry, to be sure, and Alderman Copeland, the crockery-man, with a few West end tradespeope, who imagine that all the rest of the - world was created for them to fleece, ale kicking up, or rather diet kick up, a sort of noise about It ; but, sire these, you hear in other quarters exceeding little talk about it. You are not from this to imagine that royally is growing out of fashion, but rather that the peopl:, are becoming more sensitive, and not to he charmed with sights which, although they might pi ore highly attractive at Bartholomew Fair, arc waxing too ludicrous for the iiineteenth y. It is useless to deny the truth—penny cyclnwdias and magazines play the very mischief with such remnants of feudal barbarism; and now that dustmen and chimney-sweeps peruse the leaders in the Times and Chrdnicle with a critical eye, over their matutinal cups of colli2e, in the snug shop wh:ch th e y delight to honour, It would scarcely be possible, without the at teutlance of an " auxiliary legion" of swell:, prigs, and cracksmen, to congregate a decent crowd of spectators, to beh o ld a number i f old ladies, who ta ke their seats 'in the upper hott , e, waddling through the streets, attired in oil faihioned dreses, like a dispersed company of strolling players. But the politics—what nee.' crisis, what fresh Peeland-Paysell amnesty, savouring of intrigue and laxity of principle, and making public men distrured and dishonoured, whi'e its very principle demo ralizes every port;on of society, confounding truth and falsehood, right end wrong, until men begin to think that self.interest is alone the * right path to pursue, and that no crime is so great' as that of beliteeng that the public man who will make a solemn ow today, wit be feum: keeping it not only at the end of a " little nrinth," but in twenty. four hours after he has made it. • Every one is now agreed that things cannot mecca as they have done; and take my word—ind I era phesied the event to you some months ago—that we will shorry have a coalition—short-lived it will be, and attended with a ruinous da mage to many public characters, who will connect themselves with it ; but the public will be gainers, and the good cause Aril re. - eive an immense impulse. • Many stolid people thought that the masses we.e dead and gone, and that an apathy everlast'ne bad come over the spirit of the millions. " Why will they not make a demons'ration ?" ex atinltil the Courier, not long ago. It would be easy to give the organ of every Miektty for the last luarter ef a ventury an answer; and in deed the Examiner and the Monthly Chruaicle have 'nett ably vouch safed it. How Lord John Russull trill cuale-ce with sir James Graham and Sir Itobett Peel, make cell - men cause with Sir John iloblionse (once the inmate of a cell in Ncwgate, the result of his democratic zeal), would have once been rather a difficult problem to solve, but now is as " plain as way to parish church." Some will be cut off from official life, and sent to the Home of Lords, others shipped across the sea ti administer the anirs of a distant colony. • Lord John Russell will rep•ruse, perriaps, his anti-rgorm Pamphlet Of 1819, mid Sir Robert Peel his expodiency onancipeton speech in 1829. , Sir James Graienn will abate a little of his. nex-born Toryism, bestowing the superflue upon Sir John Hobliouse, or tir John Camp. bell, who may carry it with their tiles to the . Upper House... What. ever may take place, the thinking part of the people here, aye, and even those whom the haughty would set down as no Unlike, s at all, because they wcat rough coats, and live upon a pound a week, do justice not only to Mr. O'Connell's motives, but to the success which hes attend: d his recent policy. Ireland has been his polar star, and if she has net acquired all that justice and faiedealing de:nanded by his exertions, she is now more respected, and occupies a position which will enable her very shortly to work out her regeneration. There is cot tainly one very dark reflection which Cau,cs the anticipation of tuc'a change as I am alluding to, to be viewed with gloom and regret, and that is, that it would be likely to remove fri M the sphe:c of his usefulness the " noblest - Roman of them II," I ord Mulgravo, sustvin,l by that accom— plished Nobleman and rVia;.; LtAteqnan, Lord Mori oth, achisveil what the virtuous Ormund and the enlightened Fitzwil jam struggled but to acicompliih. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S-YrSTFRDA r. Small as the Ascot accounts were, they took up quite as much time in the settlement as if they had been on the Derby. In the course of the afternoon a few bets were made on the St. Leger, and several offers made to back the two favourites, but nothing done outright about either; 500 even and II to 10 in fifties, twice over, were laid between the tw0,..10n having the call. Grey Moms was backed at 10 to 1, and Cobham and D'Egville at 14 to 1 each, the disposition to bet against the first and last of the three increas ing so much towards the close that both gave way a point. Some of the 25 to 1 horses were backed for small sums. Closing prices .; yriE ST. Laura. 11 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon—take 6 to 1 11 to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John —take 6 to 1 11 to 1 agst Lord G. Ilentinck's Grey Momus—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord G. -Bentinck's D'Egville—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Ordc's Charley Boy—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Albemarle—taken :10 to 1 agsi.Mr. Wilkins's Wee Willie—taken 33 to-1 agst Rosamond—taken. _ 1000 to 4i-gst Mr. Thompson's Voltaire colt—taken 12 to - eight Lord Westminster's Albemarle and Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad, jointly—taken JULY STAKES. 4 to 1 on the field. 4 to 1 ; agst Lord Exeter's Macrermua—taken, and afterwards offered :s t Dulleinea—taken 5 to 1 a. NE TVTCLY RACES.—PIunA r. A Plate of 701., for horses of all ages ; three years, 6st. 71b ; four years, Bst. 21b; 5 yrs, Sst. 1011,; six years and aged, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, iYt'o miles. Other conditions same as Thursday's Plate. Mr. J. Fairlie's gr. c. Pyramid, 4 yrs ....Cartwright 4 2 1 1 Mr. Wormald's eh. g. Ficschi, 4 yrs Lord Stanley's ro. c. I'arollcs, 4 yrs 1 0 2 3 Mr. Painter's b. h. Mataslore, 6 yrs 2 0 3di Betting—First heat, 7 to 4 agst Parolles ; second heat, the field had the call ; third heat, 2 to 1 agst Matadore ; fourth beat, 3 to 1 agst Pyramid. Won cleverly. TENBURY RAGES, THURSDAY. The Members of West Worcestershire and Gentlemen's Subscrip tion Maiden Plate of 501., for horses that never won that yaltui at any one time. Two mile heats. Mr. Critchley's b. c. his Grace, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b Arthur 1 1 Mr. Morris's b. 0.. by Hesperus, 4 yrs, Bst. llb Mr. Smith's b. f. Gors' Bush (half-bred), 4 yrs, Bst. 11b 2 3 The All-aged Stakes, of 5 soya, each, with 10 added by the Town. Two mile heats. Mr. Farmer's ch.- m. Latona, aged, sst. 121 b 1 1 General Lygon na. ch. m. Emily, 6 yrs, Bst. 121 b The Hack Stakes, with 10 sots. added from the Fund, for horses, &c., not thorough-bred, the best of heats, were won in four heats, by Mr. F. Severn's b. h. Jewstone, G yrs, - 11st. (fib. ( Owner), beating Mr. Ilall's b. m. Collington Lass, aged, list. 6lb ; Mr. Drew's b. in. Wootton Lase, aged, 1 Ist. 61b ; and Mr.. Farmer's b. m. Chance, 6 yrs, 1 Ist. 61b. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL. The visit of Lord Brougham, who has kindly promis'd to be at White Conduit Tavern to-morrow, to honour with his presence the Annual Festival of the Friends and Patrons of the Licensed Victuallers• School, will afford a practical illustration of the interest his Lordship takes hi the progress of education, an object to which he has so unremit. tingly devoted the energies of his powerful mind; and we have I, o doubt his Lordship will be gratified by witnessing the zeal with which the Licensed Victuallers have endeavoured to forward his views, by re;.. cuing from ignorance and supporting in comfort so large a number of the helpless children of their unfortunate brethren. The extensive ar rangements for the dinner are nearly completed, and in addition to the blaze of light which will be displayed in the gardens, the front of the tavern will be splendidly illuminated, in honour of the first anniversary of her Majesty's accession to the throne.—Morning Advertiser. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jir 18. THE. CANIOYS PEERAGE. The Committee resumed the consideration of this case. Sir Barris Nicolas, Mr. Bruce, Sir W. Follett, and Mr. Fleming ;Appeared for the different claimants, and the Attor ney-General watched the case for the Crown. At a late hour this case, which was left unfinished yesterday when we went to press, was further adjourned. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JuNE 18. ELIZABETH BARTLETT V. BARTLETT. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage, to which the defendant had pleaded that he did not promise., Mr. Kelly stated the else. The parties were in humble cir cumstances. The plaintiff was the daughter of a person who was employed as a silk weaver in Spitalficlds, and the defen dant was a carpenter. They stood in the relationship of first cousins to each other. It appeared that they had not always been intimate with each other, but became acquainted about six years ago, when an intimacy was formed which ripened into an attachment between the plaintiff and defendant. Unfortu nately for the plaintiff she yielded a too ready belief to the vows of the defendant—she becanie pregnant by him. A child was born in March, 1836. Both before and after the birth of the child, the defendant .promised to marry the plaintiff, but did not fix on any precise time for the marriage, as ho was living with his father, and did nut consider himself quite his own paster. After repeating these promises for some time he at la t , , stli become cool in his behaviour, and, finally, refused to marry • the plaintiff, or to do anything for the support of the child. Mr. ge),zeant ANDREWS addressed the Jury for the defend ant, who, Rao' a short consultation, returned a ver di ct f or t h e plaintiff—Damages, 101, CRIMINAL COURT.--MONDAY. Ellen Norman and Rowland Hall Blacker were indicted for a conspiracy to defraud Mt. Thomas Graham, upholsterer, of Holborn. Mr. PAYNE addres:gd the Jury for tho male pri soner, and the female conducted her own &fence. Several ,*•itnesses gave the prisoners excellent characters; and the Jury, after hearing the Learned RECORDER sum up, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110USE. A wretched drunkun Irishwoman, who i 3 what the officers call " the terror of the town," was brought up, charged with having got drunk, and kicked and abu3cd the constable in the neighbourhood of the Royal Exchange. !la daughter, a child only nine years of age, was also brought up, and police sergeant Jebbett stated that the poor little creature was as drunk is her mother at the time. A more shocking account of the effect of gin-drinking was never told in the Justice-room. The mother, with great energy, called upon the Lord Mayor not to believe a word the officer said, assuring him that she never drank anything but a drop of beer, and that she would henceforth give herself up to tea totally.- Ilig Lottosuir called the child round to him, and questioned her about her mother's habits. The LORD MAYOR—how often does your, mother g►et drunk .in a week?—Girl—Not more than three or four days every week,. Sir. The mother—Oh, Lord ? Even my own chilther is agninst me. The LORD MAYOR—You are. a disgrace to the name of mother. • The mother—Let me go and take care of the chilthren ; and upon my soul I'd never get drunk again. Don't believe a word these thieves say. They're my enemies because I'm Irish. Al), it's a shame to be s , ) hard-hearted agabist the poor country. Mr. Ilont.En --You have been here fifty times, and you must be punished. The following co.nmunication to the Lord Mayor was then read : Bridewell Prion —We etink it our duty to remark on the evil consequences arising oot of the . practice of committing children to this prison along with th e parents—namely, that it defeats the ends of justice', iiiasmtiVi as it prtzrents the sen tence of bard labour froin being carried into execution, and it exposes the infant mind (for no crime) to the association, at that very age when it is most susceptible to lasting impres sions, whether of good or evil. Many of them, too, a.,0 not tilt , children of those fur whose crimes they aro committed, 'but n-.erely adoptt'd for the double purpose of imposing upon the charitable, and : , Iving the offenders from punishment in the event of their conviction. We are aware that the Afsgis- Irmo, in sending them to prison. are acttuited solely by leo 'lives of humanity, and therefore recemmend'that a respectful representation of these facts be made to them, in the hope that thy iray consider it the more charitable act to separate all exe ,, pt infants in arms from their unworthy protectors dur ing the time of their confinement. presuming that they have the power of providing for them in 'the pariahs- where the off , nce was commit•eci-s RALPH PRICE, oil A RLES . ARTYN. Treasurers• "J. PO YNDER, Clerk." - The - Loan 'Mason. said that the case of the Irish woman and her child svas not • exactly in point. He apprehended, however, that it would be a very difficult matter to provide ofor the poor children in - the parishes, as experience testified in. cases where the parochial authorities showed so much un. willingness to incur expense cr trouble far pour unprotected children. Ilisl.oanstlie then Ecntcoccd the woman to a tnnott'a bard labour in Blitletiell. QUEEN-SQUARE. Clrmertl r(l.3:anot, a middle-rged man, in a rustic garb, was yetterthy charged befere Mr. GREG - HUE. Police constable C:eaver, N , . 3 A, was walking outside .Buckingham Palace on duty for the return of her Majesty from the Opera, on Saturday night, when the defendant came up altd suddenly began thowing stones at the lamps. Witness advanced toward; him, and inquired what he was eking that tor? Defendant replied that he was merely amusing himself until the Queen came hume,. as he understood she was out. He then added that he must see her, and that he wantcd tU get i4tu the palace ; t' , at she was his wit'e, and had a hundred thousand pound'. • He further said that he was married to her Majesty as much a 3 eleven years ago, but that there bad bees a Folema ageement between them not to divulge it for a cer tain time, and that the period had now elapsed. Mr. GraLG.niii at once ordered him to find bail, and desired the surgeon a t th e p r i son . t hat he Should be examined by COSTLY RI:CM-011C of Newton's teeth sold in. 1815 to Lord Shaftesbury for 7001.